Motor.



UNITED srAirE's PATENT oEErcE.

'HENEIE E. E. VBLOMGEIEI, or PALMYEA, NEW JERSEY, AssrGNoR OE ONE-HALF TO ERICK HERMAN PENNSYLVANIA.

PETERSON, OF PHILADELPHIA,

MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. l

Application filed an-wary 25,1904. Serial No. 19,625.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

' Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Motors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improve.

ments vin Huid-actuated motors having for its object the production of a device of such construction that it shall be relatively light for a given power and shall possess but relatively few moving parts yin comparison to the number of cylinders employed. It is further desired to produce a motor of the above character which shall be efficient in operation, comparatively simple and inexpensive to construct,`and so made as to not be readily injured even by comparatively rough treatment. These objects I attain as hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of one form of my yimproved motor, taken through the center line of its main shaft. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sec-- tional elevation of the preferred form of valve employed in a motor of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of a special form of my improved engine, particularly adapted to operate as an ex losion-engine.

eferring first to the particular form, of

motor shown in Figs. 1k tio-3, inclusive, A is a supporting-base from whose extremities ex- .tend standards a, provided with bearings for On the centhe main shaft B of the engine. tral portion of the base is al main cylindercasting C, and in this are formed the various cylinders, in which operate single-acting istons for transforming the power 'of the uid under pressure to the main shaft. In

. the present instance there are four sets of the cylinders, and each set contains three cylinders, it being noted that the various sets are arranged in pairs. For example, the relatively small cylinders c open on the upper portion of the cylinder-casting C, while another set of cylinders c open on the bottom face of said casting, which is, as shown in Fig 1, so made that the portion in which said latter pistons are formed overhangs the base in orderl'lto permitaccessflthe ,piston-rods to said cylinders. Similarly the set of cylinders c2 are opposite or one hundred and eighty degrees distant, from the cylinders c3, it being understood that in the present instance the motor illustrated-is designed as a quadruple-expansion engine, and hence is provided with cylinders of progressively-varying sizes, there being, as above-noted, three cylinders of eachsize or set. In each cylinder is a single-acting piston, and all the pistons of each pair of opposite sets are connected, by means of rods c, to overhung portions of arms or frames D and D respectivelythat is to say, the pistons in the cylinders c and c are connected to the arm D, while the pistons in the cylinders c2 and c3 are connected to the arm D.

The main shaft B is provided just inside of its bearings'in the standards a, with cranks b and b, upon which the arms or frames D and D are journaled and upon which they are supported, in addition to which their lower overhung portions are supported diy scribed being in each case equal to the length of the stroke of the pistons.

Under operating conditions motive fluid is admitted to but one end of each cylinder, and for'the purpose of controlling the flow of such liquid there is formed in the cylindercasting C a cylindrical cavity concentric with the shaft B, in which is a fixed bushing c5, having within it a rotary valve E, fixed to and compelled to turn with the said shaft B. This cavity, Aand consequently the line of the valve, extends between the two sets of cylinders of each pair and is provided with any desired means (not shown) for preventing wasteful escape of motive iiuid.

There are four passages or cavities opening through the bushing c5 into the valve-cavity and communicating, respectively, with the' four sets of cylinders. These passages are viz.7 e and e-are annular in form and communicate, respectively, with fluid inlet and exhaust passages (indicated at c10 and cu) and have, moreover, openings e2 and e3, respectively, upon the cylindrical surface of the valve E, which openings are so placed as to be in the planes of the passages c and .09. In addition to the above there are in the valve three passages e, e5, and e, each of which extends through and opens upon the opposite portions of the valve, so as to per- Init motive' fluid to pass froml certain of the cylinders to certain others when the valve E is revolved by turning the main shaft B.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a modified form of my invention particularly designed to operate as an explosion-motor, it being noted that, as in the machine shown in Fig. 1 to 8, inclusive, the various cylinders are so arranged, that as one piston or set of pistons moves inwardly, the oppositely-placed set of pistons moves outwardly. In this construction a reciprocable bar H extends through the cylinder-castings G and G/ and is provided at its ends with cross-bars h2, connected to the pistons g2 by means of rods h.

The main shaft is indicated at F and is provided with a crank f, having a bearing block or blocks slidably mounted on guide-bars h, connected to the reciprocable bar or arm H. As before, the pistons are single acting, although since the detail mechanism of this particular form of explosion-engine can form no part of the present invention it has not been illustrated further than to show the arrangement of the pistons and their means of connection with the main shaft.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination in a motor of a structure having a plurality of cylinders, each open at one end and arranged with said ends opening away from each other, pistons for the cylinders, a single movable structure connected to the istons and a shaft having an eccentrically-pllaced portion provided with a bearing for said structure, with means for supplying motive fluid to one cylinder and thereafter causing it to pass to the other cylinders in succession, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a motor of a structure having a plurality of cylinders, each open at one end and arranged with said ends opening away from each other, pistons in the cylinders, rods for said pistons, a rigid structure having portions extending over the cylinders and connected to the pistons and a main shaft, said structure bearing upon an eccentric portion of said shaft and being free to be given amotion of translation by said pistons, with a valve for causing motive fluid to pass through said cylinders 1n succession, substantially as described.

3. The combination of two cylinders, a main shaft in a lineextendingbetween said two cylinders, pistons in the cylinders, an arm having a bearing in engagement with the shaft and provided with integral portions extending over the outer ends of the cylinders, with rods connecting said pistons with said overhung portions of the arms, and a valve having passages placed to deliver to the second cylinder the motive fluid exhausted fromY the first cylinder, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a plurality of sets of cylinders placed end to end, a main shaft, a rotary valve operated thereby and extending between said sets of cyinders for controlling the fiow of motive fluid thereto, a structure connected to the shaft, and rods connecting said structure with the faces of the pistons farthest from the valve, there being passages in said valve and in the cylinders whereby motive fluid from the cylinders of one set is delivered to the cylinders of another set, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a plurality of sets of cylinders, each having a piston, a shaft extending in a line between the sets of cylinders, a single rigid structure for each set of cylinders, the same being eccentrically connected to the shaft, said pistons having rods whereby they are respectively connected to said structure, with a valve whereby the motive fluid from the cylinders of one set is delivered to the cylinders of the other set or sets, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a number of sets of cylinders each consisting of a plurality of cylinders placed with their axes parallel, a rotary valve adjacent to one end of each of said cylinders, a shaft for operating said valve, pistons on the cylinders, a crank on the shaft, a structure ournaled on said crank and having integral portions extending over the cylinders, with rods whereby said portions are respectively connected to the pistons, said valve being constructed to deliver the motive fiuid from one set of cylinders to another set of cylinders, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a plurality of cylinders, each open at one end and having a rotary valve adjacent to their closed ends, said valve being provided with passages so placed as to cause motive fluid to pass successively to said cylinders, pistons for the cylinders, a shaft extending in substantially the line of the axis of the valve, a crank on said shaft, a single rigid structure overhanging the cylinders and ournaled on the crank, with pistonrods respectively connecting the pistons with the overhanging portions of the structure, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a supporting-structure, a plurality of cylindersthereon with. a shaft extending in a line between them, a valve for controlling the flow of motive fluid to the cylinder, pistons in said cylinders, a crank on the shaft, an arm engaging said crank and connected to the pistons, with a crank on said arm and a bearing for the same on the su porting structure, Substantially as described? 9. The combination of a casting having cylinders therein, a valve-cavity extending in a line between said cylinders, a valve in said cavity, a shaft for operating. the same, a crank on said shaft, an arm engaging the crank and rovided with a secondary crank, said secondary crank being provided with a bearing on thecylinder-casting, pistons in the cylinders and means for connecting said pistons with said arm, substantially as described. n

10. The combination of substantially par'- i allel sets of cylinders having ports for the admission of motive fluid, a valve between said 1 sets of cylinders and provided with passages coacting with the cylinder-ports to cause motive fluid to pass successively through the various sets of cylinders, a shaft connected to the valve, a single rigid structure having a bearing on a portion of said shaft and rods re-y spectively extending between said structure and the facesof the pistons farthest from the valve, Substantially as described.

11. The combination of a plurality of sets of c linders havingl pistons, a main shaft, la sing e device for transmitting power from the pistons of each set of cylinders to said shaft,

with a single rotary valve, there/ being passages inthe cylinders and/passages in the va ve placed to cause motive fluid to flow to the cylinders of one set and then to the cylinders, of another set, substantially as detherein, substantially as described.

13. -A multiple-expansion engine, the same including a plurality of sets of cylinders of different diameters, placed end to end, the cylindersof e'ach set bein of the same diameter, pistons for .said cy inders, means between the cylinders for controlling the flow of motive fluid tothe same, a main shaft and means for connecting said shaft with the piston, substantially as described. 4

iIn testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

, HENRIK E. B. BLOMG-REN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM E. BRADLEY, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

